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Tot along on high-speed chase

Posted
Monday, May 15, 2017 12:09 am

By LINDSAY McREYNOLDS

A man led police on a high-speed chase from Putnam County to Nashville — with a 2-year-old in the car.

The incident happened just after 10 a.m. on Saturday morning when the Tennessee Highway Patrol attempted to stop a car driven by 23-year-old Dontre Antonio Woodruff for speeding near the 273 mile marker on the westbound side of Interstate 40.

“The suspect vehicle fled from law enforcement at high rates of speed,” the THP said. “Spike strips were deployed several times along Interstate 40 west into Wilson and Davidson counties in an attempt to deflate the tires of the suspect vehicle.”

Woodruff exited the interstate at Exit 219 and continued north until the vehicle crashed on Lebanon Pike in Nashville.

The THP said the only injuries sustained in the crash were minor.

Woodruff was charged with reckless endangerment, evading arrest, reckless driving and driving on a revoked license and was transported back to the Putnam County Jail following his arrest.